Hepatic ferroptosis plays an important role as the trigger for initiating inflammation in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a metabolic liver disease that progresses from simple steatosis to the disease state of inflammation and fibrosis. Previous studies suggest that apoptosis and necroptosis may contribute to the pathogenesis of NASH, based on several murine models. However, the mechanisms underlying the transition of simple steatosis to steatohepatitis remain unclear, because it is difficult to identify when and where such cell deaths begin to occur in the pathophysiological process of NASH. In the present study, our aim is to investigate which type of cell death plays a role as the trigger for initiating inflammation in fatty liver. By establishing a simple method of discriminating between…

• JA
  Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

  Awards: JP18gm0910013, JP18gm1210002
• UZ
  Universität zu Köln
• JS
  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

  Awards: JP26253023, JP17H05513, JP26110007, JP15H01386, JP26110003